wage slavery

noun

The dependence on wages for survival.

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Meanings

nounwage slavery (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe dependence on wages for survival.

    Under the wage slavery system the wage slave selects his master, and he has got to find one or else he is carried down here to my friend, the jailer, and occupies a cell along side of myself. He is compelled to find one.

    1886, Albert Richard Parsons, Address of Albert R. Parsons
  2. derogatoryuncountableAny form of employment with very low income.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
wagery

Translations

French esclavage salarié
  • esclavage salariédependence on wages for survival
German Lohnsklaverei
  • Lohnsklavereidependence on wages for survival
Russian наёмное рабство
  • наёмное рабство (najómnoje rabstvo)dependence on wages for survival
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APA

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Chicago

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